Business Management - Industry Trends

This week on Wide-Format Weekly, drupa and PRINTING United form a strategic partnership; Canon USA makes advancements to its Colorado M-Series; Drytac highlights its portfolio at drupa; and DuPont is using drupa to highlight the versatility of its Tyvek non-woven material. 

The PRINTING United Alliance 2024 Wages, Salaries, and Benefits Survey investigates a broad range of printing industry compensation practices, including base pay for more than 50 job titles, incentive pay structure, benefits offered, and paid-time-off policies. And we are looking for your input!

This week's quick update highlights keynote sponsors for the Wide-format Summit, profiles how a flatbed printer is transforming an in-plant printer, shares the announcement of an innovative new cutting system, and considers opportunities in floor graphics.

When I last spoke at PRINTING United, I described the difference between an interior designer and an interior decorator in my presentation. Afterward, a lot of people were asking me about this detail. Since you all seem curious about it, I thought it was worth another look.

This week on Wide-format Weekly, we're showcasing a series of interviews with industry peers about their reasons for attending the PRINTING United Expo; Gary Jones and Cassie Green discuss the implications that the EPA’s final rule banning methylene chloride will have on the print industry; we explore vertical printing; and we delve into all of the educational resources and events that are available to PSPs.

PRINTING United Alliance launched the State of the Industry Report 2024: The AI/Big Data Revolution that summarizes major issues affecting the printing industry and ways to build a competitive advantage.

This week's Wide-Format Weekly informs about the FTC's recent non-compete ban, exposes the power of pop-ups,  celebrates a milestone for Durst software, shares new offerings from The Alliance's iLEARNING+, touts WFI's revised guide, and keeps key industry events "top of mind."

If one trend is dominating marketing, it’s personalization. Let’s take a look at strategies you can employ to create marketing magic.

In anticipation of PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas, this "Expo Bound" series features candid Q&A sessions with diverse attendees— from print shop owners and installers to marketing gurus and print buyers.

As the wide-format segment evolves, and particularly as the printing devices wide-format producers use have become more robust, the needs of wide-format PSPs have changed. They want different things from their vendor relationships.